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House Hansard - 53

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 5, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 53 - Apr/5/22
Mr. Jasraj Singh Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn, CPC)
  • Apr/5/22 3:00:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, last week, I met with former Afghan interpreters on the Hill who held a hunger strike to protest the Liberals' failures in Afghanistan. They served and sacrificed for our country, but the NDP-Liberal government abandoned their families and other interpreters. They told me they feel ignored by the minister and he is being insensitive by implying that their families are security threats, even though they were screened to serve alongside our soldiers. Will the minister apologize to the thousands of Afghan interpreters and their families for implying that they are security threats?
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Context: House Hansard - 53 - Apr/5/22
Mr. Jasraj Singh Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn, CPC)
  • Apr/5/22 3:01:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, another job well-filled as the minister brags about the low number of interpreters arriving. Only about 2,300 Afghan nationals who assisted our Canadian Armed Forces during the Afghan mission have actually arrived in Canada. The Afghan interpreters I spoke to have met with the minister's office 28 times. They were told over 1,000 of their family members and fellow interpreters would be in Canada by March 2022. So far, none have arrived. They are tired of the minister's politics. Will the minister do the right thing and apologize to the thousands of Afghan interpreters he has abandoned and admit to his failures?
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